Phys 10 Lecture Syllabus
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Physics 10 Lecture Syllabus
Spring 2010
Week Dates Lecture Topic
Quiz Date
Chapter
Feb 9
1
Linear Motion
3
Feb 11
3, 2
Free Fall & Inertia
Feb 16 Inertia continued & Force Diagrams
2, 4
2
Feb 18 Newton’s 2nd Law & Static Equilibrium
4
Chapters 3 & 2
3 Feb 23 Dynamic Equilibrium & Air Resistance
4, 5
Feb 25 Newton’s 3rd Law, Work & Power
5, 7
4 Mar 2 Energy & Atomic Properties
7, 11
Chapters 4 & 5
Mar 4 Atomic Structure & the Periodic Table
11
5 Mar 9 Atmospheric & Static Pressure
14
Chapters 7 & 11
Bernoulli’s Principle
14
Mar 11
6 Mar 16 EXAM 1
2-5, 7, 11,14
Electric Force & Charge Transfer
22
Mar 18
7 Mar 23 E-fields & Potential Difference
22
Voltage Sources & Resistance
22,23
Mar 25
8
Mar 31 Spring Break - No classes
Apr 2 Spring Break - No classes
Apr 6
9 Ohm's law, Series & Parallel Circuits
23
Chapters 22 & 23
Apr 8 Series & Parallel Circuits
23
10 Apr 13
Domains, B-fields & Currents
Apr 15 Magnetic Deflection & the Sun
11 Apr 20
Transverse Waves
19
Apr 22 Standing Waves & Sound
19,20
Apr 27
12
Sound Properties
20
Chapters 24 & 19
Apr 29 Resonance & the Origin of Light
20,26
May 4
13 Light Spectrum & Transparent Materials
26
Chapters 20
Porperties of Light
26
May 6
22-24, 19-20, 26-27
14 May 11 EXAM 2
27
May 13
Color & Light Scattering
May 18
Blue Skies & Red Sunsets
27
15
May 20
28
Images & Reflections
16 Light Refractions
28
Chapter 27
May 25
Rainbows & Total Internal Reflection
May 27
35
June 1 Comprehensive Final Exam
7:00-9:50 am, Tuesday